How to knit
A Bun Hat
HOW TO KNIT: QUICK AND EASY MESSY BUN HAT
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hi guys welcome back to my channel today
I'm going to be showing you how to knit
your very own messy bun beanie this
pattern is extremely beginner friendly
it just uses the most basic knit
stitches purl stitches and the most
basic techniques so if you're pretty new
to knitting you'll probably be able to
make this hat it's super cute and enjoy
my little tiny bun for my short hair but
if you want to find the written pattern
for this just check out my blog that I
have linked down below I have the
written pattern on there
for it as well as most of my tutorials
and if you decide to make this hat
pattern yourself be sure to tag me on
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want to see how to create your very own
messy bun beanie just keep watching so
what you'll need to create your very own
messy bun beanie is a weight 6 yarn a
super bulky this is in loosen threads
Kaleidoscope and it's in the colorway
amethyst i don't believe that they sell
this yarn anymore so just find yourself
a lightweight 6 yarn i wouldn't even say
that this is a weight 6 i classify it as
more of a weight 5 so if you have a
weight 5 yarn laying around I think that
would be your best bet and this is about
77 yards you don't need the entire thing
of it so I'd say about 60 yards you'll
be safe to make an adult size beanie
then you will need nine millimeter 16
inch circular knitting needles you'll
want a pair of scissors you'll also want
to tapestry needle to weave in any ends
and a stitch marker to mark the
beginning of your round so we're gonna
be creating in adult size beanie so
we're going to go ahead and start with a
slipknot and using the longtail cast on
method we are going to cast on 44
stitches so just go ahead and cast on
your 44 stitches now if you want to
adjust the sizing of this hat it's
fairly simple you'll just add or
subtract a total of four stitches you
have to do this in multiples of four
just because of the pattern in the
ribbing here it's a two by two ribbing
and
needs to be done and stitches or four so
just go ahead and add four or take four
away depending on the size that you're
wanting but for this sizing I'm going to
go ahead and cast on 44
so I've casted out my 44 stitches and
I'm going to just place my ring there
for my stitch marker the other ones the
loop is a little too small for these
needles but regardless we're gonna go
ahead and create our two by two ribbing
so we're going to knit the first two
stitches so you'll just insert your
needle from front to back and wrap
around now you want to make sure your
stitches are not twisted before you
start this step or you'll have a twisted
brim and that's not going to be fun
later on
so we've knit our first two stitches and
we're gonna purl our second two so we'll
take our needle insert it from this side
like so and wrap and purl again and then
we're gonna do two more knit stitches
and this is how we're gonna create that
two by two ribbing on the bottom we're
gonna go ahead and continue the two by
two knit two purl two ribbing for a
total of seven rounds so we get a nice
brim for our Hat so go ahead and
continue this pattern until you have
seven rounds of ribbing alright so I
finished my seven rows of ribbing and I
am ready to start the first section of
my hat so this section right here
the first Ridge if you will so to create
that Ridge you're going to purl every
stitch in the round and you're gonna do
that for a total of three rounds
so purl all the stitches for three
rounds and you do that just by inserting
your needle like so and wrapping around
the top and pulling through and off so
just do that for a total of three rounds
and then I'll come back to you and show
you the next section okay so I finished
my first Ridge here it's my first three
rounds of purling to create that first
Ridge and now we're gonna work on this
valley here so the valley just consists
of three rounds of knitting so we're
gonna slip our marker and we're going to
knit for three rounds so you insert your
hook front or your needle from front to
back like so
and rap and you'll just do this for a
total of three rounds and then once you
do three rounds you're going to create
another Ridge so another three rows of
pearline so after you create your Valley
here go ahead and create three more
rounds of purling and then three more
rounds of knitting so you have you'll
have two ridges and two valleys and then
I'll come back to you and show you what
we do from there so I just finished
creating my valley my Ridge and then my
other valleys so we have a total of two
Ridge sections and two valley sections
create it by a series of pearls and
knits but now we're going to go ahead
and continue on and create this Ridge
section right here so to start the first
section you're just going to purl every
stitch of the next round so we're just
going to continue on purling like we
would normally to create a Ridge okay so
I just pearled around and I'm back at
the beginning and now we're going to
work a decrease round so you're going to
start by purling the first two stitches
like normal and then we're going to purl
the next two stitches together so we're
just going to go through both stitches
and purl them and then you're going to
purl the next two stitches as normal and
then you're gonna purl the next two
stitches together so we're gonna
continue this pattern all the way around
purling two stitches and then purling
two stitches together and this is going
to help decrease our hat and I'll come
back to you whenever I've completed that
round okay so I just completed my
decrease round and I ended on a purl two
together like you should we're going to
continue on to the next round of the
ridge so we're just going to continue by
purling every single stitch of this
round so just go around and purl like
normal alright I finished that final
round of purling and we're going to
continue on to our final Valley round so
for that we're going to go ahead and
knit every stitch around until you get
back to the beginning
so just like normal knit all of your
stitches I've knit my way back around to
the beginning and now I'm going to
create another decrease round so for
that I'm going to knit one stitch and
then knit two stitches together so
you're gonna knit one stitch knit two
stitches together so you'll do that by
just going through two stitches and
creating a normal knit stitch so you'll
continue this pattern all the way around
knitting one stitch and then knitting
the next two stitches together
alright so I finished that decrease
round ending with a knit two stitches
together like you should I'm going to
slip my marker and I'm going to finish
off the last of the valley sections so
I'm going to knit every single stitch
around now at this point you'll see that
your stitches are getting kind of tight
so if you want to switch to double
pointed needles now would be a good time
to do that I'm more of a just kind of
make it work kind of go so I'll admit
until I can't possibly knit anymore
but I'm going to go ahead and all the
stitches in this round and then I'll
come back to you for the final ridge
round okay so we finished our final
Valley section and now we're going to
start on the very final section which is
going to be a ridge section and to do
that we are going to go ahead and purl
every single stitch of this round just
like normal so purl all your stitches
right so I've curled every stitch and
now I'm going to do another decrease
round but I just wanted to show you the
top of this hat and show you how large
the hole is just in case you want a
larger hole this section will kind of
change a little bit this is how big the
hole is for this beanie I kind of like a
smaller hole I do have shorter hair but
if you want a larger hole I will tell
you how to modify that in this section
right here so if you want a smaller hole
like this hat has you're going to
decrease on this round if you want a
larger hole you will skip the decreases
and just purl every single stitch around
but for the smaller hole like I'm going
to create you're going to do another
decrease round so you will purl two and
then purl two stitches together like
weed
before so purl two and purl two stitches
together so your stitches will get
pretty tight now if you are decreasing
again so again you could switch to
double pointed needles if you feel
comfortable more comfortable doing that
I'm not going to but you definitely can
and again if you do not want the smaller
hole and you want a bit of a larger hole
for your beanie go ahead and just purl
every single stitch and don't worry
about decreasing any but if you're gonna
make the smaller hole you'll just purl
two and then purl the two stitches
together so I finished the very last
decrease round and now we're going to do
the very last round before we bind off
so you'll just purl all the stitches
around until you get back to your stitch
marker so just go ahead and purl all
your stitches so that finishes up your
last Ridge section so I'm gonna go ahead
and slip my marker off of there and put
it back on my finger so we don't lose it
and we are going to finish off our hat
so to do so you're just going to do a
basic bind off but you want to make sure
that you keep it kind of loose so I'll
go ahead and knit the first stitch and
I'll do that a little bit looser than I
normally would I will knit the second
stitch and then I will pass over the
first stitch over the second stitch
making sure to keep it loose like I said
and then we'll knit the next stitch and
we'll keep doing that pass it over knit
the next stitch pass it over and just do
your typical bind off if you want to do
a stretchy or bind off you're more than
welcome to but I just like the basic
bind off and I just keep it loose so I'm
gonna go ahead and finish casting off
and I'll show you the finished product
all right so I just bind it off all my
stitches and now I'm going to insert my
needle into the first stitch there and
just connect the two ends so it looks a
little bit nicer and I'll just treat
that as if it's another bind off stitch
and then I'm going to cut my yarn
leaving a tail for weaving and finish
that off there and so you have your hole
in the top and there you have your messy
bun beanie so these will look a little
small whenever
you are finished with them but that's
the design that it is it's meant to
stretch a lot so with the ridges in the
valleys it makes it shrink but once you
put it on it really stretches out and
same with the two by two ribbing it's a
very stretchy ribbon so don't be alarmed
if your hat comes out looking a little
small it'll probably still fit but again
just remember you can adjust the sizing
by adding or subtracting four stitches
and I just wanted to show you about how
much you are and I have left from the
skein this was a full skein so it
doesn't take very much yarn at all like
I said this is 77 yards and I have this
much remaining so I really hope you guys
enjoyed today's tutorial for this knit
messy bun beanie and if you have any
questions or any requests leave a
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later bye hey I came to help but I
thought it would be fun to include how I
put on my messy bun beanies just because
why the heck not so I just put my hair
up in a messy bun as best as I could
I have pretty short hair so it all falls
down but I like to pull out some
sections here just so it doesn't look
like I'm bald when I wear my hats and I
just take my bun hat and I stick my hand
through the hole and grab my bun and
pull it through and then I just take the
rest of the hat and I pull it on like
normal and there you go you just adjust
it accordingly and get your bun as messy
as you would like and there you have it
it's as easy as that to put on one of
your messy bun beanies and I hope you
guys enjoyed thanks for watching bye
